Your rights

Understanding your rights helps you ask better questions

Whether you have a question, concern, dissatisfaction, or need help understanding a process, the Users Committee can help you find the right next step.

This page gives users, parents, caregivers, and families a plain-language starting point for understanding rights, raising concerns, and asking for help.

Rights should be clear, practical, and accessible

Users and families should be able to understand what they can ask for, how they can participate, and where to turn when something does not feel right. The Users Committee can help explain options and guide users toward the appropriate next step.

Right to information

You can ask for information that helps you understand services, decisions, and available options.

Right to Respect and Dignity

Users should be treated with dignity, respect, and attention to their needs.

Right to Participate

Users and families should be included in discussions and decisions that affect services and supports.

Right to Assistance

Users can ask for help understanding steps, forms, processes, and concerns.

Right to Express Dissatisfaction

Users may raise concerns about services, quality, communication, or living conditions.

Right to Make a Complaint

When needed, users can be assisted in filing a complaint or taking another appropriate step.

When services are not meeting your needs

You have the right to ask questions, raise concerns, and request help when services are unclear, delayed, difficult to access, or not responding to your needs.